The Marne, 1914: The Opening of World War I and the Battle That Changed the World

The Marne, 1914: The Opening of World War I and the Battle That Changed the WorldDescription by Holger H. Herwig Paperback For the first time in a generation, here is a bold new account of the Battle of the Marne, a cataclysmic encounter that prevented a quick German victory in World War I and changed the course of two wars and the world. With exclusive information based on newly unearthed documents, Holger H. Herwig re creates the dramatic battle and reinterprets Germanys aggressive Schlieffen Plan as a carefully crafted design

they determined to be first into the conflict

for forensic investigation of the war dead is now so highly developed that individuals can be identified and their fate discovered

by David Fromkin

they tell the heroic story of the 369th in an action-packed and powerful tale of honor and heart

in which the central conflict

never complaining

by Steven Rabalais

and everyone in between

the struggle did not only take place on the battlefields

and that others became unexpectedly important

The First World War was the overwhelming disaster from which everything else in the twentieth century stemmed

and in so doing